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2011/02/18

Switzerland - Fribourg - La Pierre à Bascule - 26m - 50m

Pictures and text : J. Folly. Many thanks to him.

General Access :(GoogleMap)
First of all, go to Fribourg (between Bern and Lausanne). Leave the highway at "Fribourg Sud",
and follow Marly. After a big crossing with trafic lights where you have to take right, you'll pass a bridge over the train, then turn right just before a Coop Gaz Station. Go straight forward even when the main road goes left, and park where you can (parking is forbidden on the place next to the bus stop, so stay on the side of the road or on the right next to the industries-buros).
From there, walk to the forest left of the big house-castle (Villa Beausite), and you'll see a chain which is painted pink just at the entrance of the forest. Take TWO times on your right and follow the forest-road that goes right (you'll be under the "villa-Beausite"). At a point this road becomes a path. From there, you have a small path that goes down left to the second side of the line. To go to the first side, go down in a branches-mess 50m before, and you'll find a small path that leads to the first side of the line.

The line :
Where ?
The line is logically placed between the top of the pillar (first side) and the end of the rounded sandstone "platform" with a big boulder on it.

Anchors :
- On the first side, you have a not so big tree down behind the "balancing stone". Use crash pads or other things (a lot) to protect the line from this stone . Use other tree(s) for the backup.
- On the second side, you have a big tree for the line and the backup (put it approx. 1-1.5m from the ground, so that the line is flat). Bomber extra back up for everything on other big trees 10m behind.

Linking :
Let the line go down the pillar on the first side. The rappel down 10m before, and swing to catch the line (if you rapel down with the line, it will catch up in the trees) then go as near as possible of the other side.
Another one should rappel down on the other side (from the anchor tree), and then try to reach each other to pass the line. The ascending in the branches is very pleasing ;-)
Rigging :
A pulley system on the second side is perfect!